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CAR ROOF Filed Nov. 19, 1921 )722622 E. srder and /gus Q Sandman.

April 1924. A,

. 1,488,703 A. E. OSTRANDER ET AL 'CAR ROOF Filed NOV 19. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 /VVNTU/f.

/fzzn f. oszmder Patented Apr. l, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFCE.

ALLEN E. OSTEANDER, F RXDGEVGD, NEW JERSEY, AND AUGUST G; SANDMAN, F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, SSIGNGI-S T0 AMERICAN CAR & FO'UNDRY COMANY, 0F NEW YORK N. Y., A. CORPORATEON OF NEW JERSEY,

CAR ROOF.

Applicationlled November 19, 1921.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, ALLEN lil. OSTBANDER and AUGUsr G. SANDMAN, residing at Ridgewood, county of Bergen, and State of New Jersey, and Baltimore, State of Maryland, respectively, and being citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful improvements in a Car Roof, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and to use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred form of the invention, though it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof within the scope of the claimswill occur to persons skilled in the art.

In said drawings: 1

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view taken -on line l--l of Fig. 2, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrow and illustrating one embodiment of our means for securing outside roof boards of oar roofs;

Fig. 2 is a similar view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of the roof board fastening means; and

Fig. 4f is a view similar to Fig. 1, illustra-ting a modified form of our invention.

One object of our invention is to provide means for positively holding outside roof boards of car roofs to the car framing.

Another object is to secure outside roof boards of car roo-fs in which inside metal roofs are employed.

A still further object is to provide securing means for outside roof boards of railway cars supplementing other and commonly used fastening devices.

ln the drawings, 1 representsone of the two side iplates of the car framing, 2 the outside sheathing, and 3 represents one of the several carlines positioned on the side plates at ixed points throughout the length of the car. Resting upon the side plates 1 and upon the usual intermediate purlines (not sho-wn) are metal roof sheets 4 anged downwardly over the outside sheathing and provided with upstanding flanged side Serial No. 516,373.

Asaid super-purlines 8 are secured the usual outside roof-boards 9 commonly secured to the underlying framing members by means of nails or the like and extending over the car sides.

rlihe construction so far described is typical of outside wood roof designs commonly used and in which inside metal roofs are employed to render the roof structure watertight. ln transit, car frames have a tendency to weave because of the failure of the means relied upon to hold the several inembers ofthe car structure together. This weaving tendency is always more pronounced at the joints between the car framing members proper and the roof boards. The roof boards become disjointed and wrenched from their positions in the structure due to the failure of the fastening means under the racking strains of service, and are frequently blown off and lost when thus exposed to the action of the elements.

To insure positive anchorage for outside roof-boards applied as above outlined and to supplement the fastening means heretofore employed in roofs ofthe character above described, underlying metallic eaves boards or fascia plates 10 are secured to the car side. The roof-boards 9 are secured to outwardly extending stiffening ianges 11 on said fascia plates 10 by means of flexible rods or lengths of wire 12, said wire interlacing the roof boards 9 and fascia plates 10 and firmly and positively securing said roof boards to the car framing. For convenience in handling, the wires are cut into lengths which are best adapted for threading same through registered openings 13 and 14 in the roof boards and fascia plates, respectively. The terminals of each length of wire may be secured to adjacent roof-boards 9 by means of staples 15 or the like, and at the ends of the car the wire terminals may lap past each other and be folded about the outer edges of theend-roo-boards, as shownfinFigs. l and 3,. and secured as described.

The fascia plates 10 are secured-tothe car frameby ,means of -bolts 16 or.the .like positioned at suitable points-.alongthelower margins of said plates `and yextending through said plates, the side plates 1, and outside sheathing 2. lt desired, additional securing means 17, shown as anchor bolts, may be employed to 'furtherfinsuresuiicient connection between the car framing and the roof-boards f 9 wire-bound to filanges 11 --on said fascia plates. *Suchadditionalmeans may extend through the lfascia plates and engage adjacent superspurlines L18, as findicated in thev drawings. Thelower'margins olf fascia plates 10 arespacedrfromthe'car side and lpreferably held -in Vsuch Aposition by-` means of thi1nbles18- mounted upon bolts 16, to permit any Lwater "finding vits -way throughl the board' roof to thesinner-rooting sheets 4 to be drained on?y through the openings thus provided. They lower margin-may be flanged outwardly as vshown at 19to provide a watershed to keep water driven against said fascia plates from running down the carside Aand to further'stilien the fascia plates.

'l/Vithin the --scope of our invention `the design may be modifiedto; use a Series-of intermitted rods :or wires 12a overlying spaced portions only of the board rootinstead of the-unbrokenllines ot Contact 0btained with the binding elements arranged as abovedescribed. ln the design asinodivtied, the-elimination of securing Ystaples 15 is contemplated, and the binding rods 12Bb should fbe of heavier gauge wire than required inthe otherembodiment andihave their terminal portions extending 'downwardly through both rooffboards'lfiandsecuringlanges 1l'o'f the vliasciapplates 10 and there held by bending said downwardly eX- tending vterminal portions .'to engage the 'underside of flanges 11-as indicated at'QO.

Thus arranged, the separated rods 125l .are held in xed spaced relation through'the vmedium of theiascia plates 10 connecting said spaced rods, the whole combining to restrain movementy of the roof-boards longitudinally of the car.

With the roof-boards bound to the car able for repair or replacement and positively and securely held to the car framing throughout the lengthotthe ear, reducing maintenance costfto amininiuin.

/What we claim is:

1. In `a railway carhavingan outerboard roof, flanged fascia plates secured to the car VVside .adjacent `said roof, and v'flexible means threaded through said board roof .and the flanges of the fascia plates.

2. ln a car having a board roof and flan-ge'dmetall-ic "fascia plates, and lleXible binding means interlacing said board roof and the langes'of said fascia plates.

'Bjln'a carh-aving-an outer board 'roof and inner metallic roof, metallic fascia plates spaced from said inner root and 1 underlying said board roof, and lexible binding means interlacing said l board roof and thel flanges ofv the fascia plates.

4. In a railway car-'having a yroof-coniprising'V boards extending over: the carsides, 4.flanged `fascia plates Vunderlying-said roof boards, andllexiblebinding means connecting said root boards together and-to the flanges' of said `fascia plates.

5. ln a-car root construction, ythe comvbination comprising ycar framing members lying said board roof, and `flexible binding means securing said 4'board roof to Vsaid fascia plates.

'7. ln'railway car construction, outer roof boards eXtendingout-wardly from the car side, an Voutwardly 5*flanged metallictfascia plate extending vlongitudinally of the car siderand positioned with a flange underlyingsai'd i roof l boards,--and Yflexible binding means combining fwith 'said Hangs -of lthe fascia aplate -to restrain movement of said l'roof boards longitudinally ofi-the car.

In witness whereof We-have hereunto set ourhands.

ALLEN STRANDER. AUGUST G. SANDMAN 

